2008 Conference Agenda

Sunday, September 7 - Tuesday, September 9

Sunday, September 7, 2008


6:30 p.m.	Welcome Reception and Registration
7:00 p.m.	Plenary: Midwest Agriculture, Energy, and Climate: The Path Forward

Monday, September 8, 2008


7:15 a.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks
8:15 a.m.	Point/Counterpoint Plenary Session I
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Point/Counterpoint Plenary Session II
11:45 a.m.	Plenary Question and Answer Session
12:30 p.m.	Luncheon
1:30 p.m.	Technology Tours
	Thermochemical Biomass Processing Technologies Tour	Iowa State University campus and BECON Facility
	Biomass Crops and Cropping Systems Tour	Iowa State University Sorenson Research Farm
	Biomass Harvest, Storage, Transportation Processing Tour	New Century Farm

5:00
p.m.

Reception and Ceremonial Groundbreaking- Biorenewables Research Laboratory

Tuesday, September 9, 2008


7:30 a.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	Breakout Session I
	Feeding the Dragon	Genetics, Genomics, and Fundamental Aspects of Plant Breeding
	Biomass Processing	New Advances in Chemical Processes of Biomass
	Utilization	Opportunities to Enhance Ethanol Co-products and Develop New Uses
	Economics and Policy	Federal Biofuel Policy: The Congressional Perspective
	Biofuels and Climate Change	Global/U.S. Climate Change and Impacts on Agriculture
	Human, Social, Community Impacts of the Bioeconomy	Community Cohesion/Participation
9:30 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m.	Breakout Session II

	Feeding the Dragon	Moving from the Lab to Reality: Field-based Plant Improvement
	Biomass Processing	New Advances in Biological Processing of Biomass
	Utilization	Utilizing Feed Co-Products from Biofuel Plants (Can we have both Feed and Fuel?)
	Economics and Policy	Federal Biofuel Policy: The Academic and Industry Perspectives
	Biofuels and Climate Change	Carbon Cycle and Biofuel Production Changing the Climate
	Human, Social, Community Impacts of the Bioeconomy	Community Sustainability and Risk
11:15 p.m.	Exhibitors/Poster Presentation Session

12:15 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	Plenary: Introduction of Midwest Governors' Energy and Climate Platform
1:30 p.m.	Breakout Session III
	Feeding the Dragon	Production Systems that Feed the Dragon and Provide Environmental Services
	Biomass Processing	New Chemistry Approaches to Biomass Processing
	Utilization	Performance of Biofuels and Biolubricants
	Economics and Policy	Midwest Governors' Coalition Platform
	Biofuels and Climate Change	Coupled Crop/Climate Modeling
	Human, Social, Community Impacts of the Bioeconomy	Measuring Local Impact/Models

3:00 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Breakout Session IV
	Feeding the Dragon	Harvest, Storage, and Transportation of corn Cobs
	Biomass Processing	Pyrolysis Co-Products: Bio-oil and Bio-char
	Utilization	New Opportunities for Value-added Biomaterials as Biofuel Co-Products
	Economics and Policy	Biofeedstock Availability and Cost
	Biofuels and Climate Change	Carbon Sequestration Opportunities with Biofuel Feedstock Production Practices
	Human, Social, Community Impacts of the Bioeconomy	Distribution of Benefits and Costs of the Bioeconomy Across Generations

4:45
p.m.

Adjourn